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32 past presidents of The Florida Bar submit letter in support of Foundation
Thirty-two past presidents of The Florida Bar have submitted a letter to the Task Force on the Distribution of IOTA Funds. The letter states that the…
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June 2020 Board Meeting Report
The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directors met via Zoom conference on June 18, 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The major actions of the board and reports received…
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Proposed rule and FAQ: IOTA and The Florida Bar Foundation
The Florida Bar Foundation and the Florida Civil Legal Aid Association have created and submitted a joint proposed rule to The Florida Bar Task Force on the Distribution of…
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Tampa lawyer Steve Salzer appointed to Foundation board
Tampa lawyer Steve Salzer has been appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to a three-year term on the board of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose…
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Hon. Suzanne Van Wyk takes office as second vice president of Foundation
Judge Suzanne Van Wyk, an administrative law judge with the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, will take office as the second vice president of The Florida Bar Foundation on…
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Tampa lawyer Kevin McCoy reappointed to Florida Bar Foundation board
Tampa lawyer Kevin McCoy has been reappointed by The Florida Bar Foundation to a three-year…
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Jacksonville lawyer Brian E. Currie appointed to Foundation board
Jacksonville lawyer Brian E. Currie has been appointed by The Florida Bar to a three-year term on the board of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose…
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J. Samantha Vacciana appointed to board of directors
Fort Lauderdale lawyer J. Samantha Vacciana has been appointed to The Florida Bar Foundation’s board of directors for a one-year term. As incoming president of Florida Legal Services, Vacciana…
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Six law students to complete virtual legal aid fellowships through Foundation funding
Six Florida law students will have the opportunity to work in civil legal aid programs this summer through The Florida Bar Foundation’s Summer Fellows Grant Program. “Summer fellows have a…
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Kathy Para to be awarded the Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award
Kathy Para, retired director of pro bono for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, has won The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2020 Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award.
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Covid-19 and Legal Aid
Resources for Lawyers For court and Bar announcements, alerts and changes caused by the coronavirus, visit floridabar.org/covid19. The Florida Supreme Court has
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Guardians ad litem funded by Foundation change one life at a time
“It wouldn’t have been a happy story or a success story,” says Melissa Whitted, reflecting on what it would have been like for her and her husband to adopt…
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